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Karachi: 4 ‘bandits’ killed in shoot-out with police

Karachi: 4 ‘bandits’ killed in shoot-out with police

KARACHI: In what appears to be the deadliest policeencounter in recent weeks, four armedbandits, one of them carrying half a millionrupees bounty, were gunneddown in an exchange of fire with police in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Saturday, officials said. Two of the six gang members, however, managed to escape before the police trapped and shotdead their four accomplices in Block 4, the officials added. They said the six men stormed into the residence of a lady doctor, FatimaHasan, who owned a privatehospital in the town, after one of the robbers wearing burqa somehow managed to convince the family to open the door.

“After stepping into her residence, they held the family at gunpoint and locked them in a room, while two of the bandits went out to give security cover to their accomplices,” said Gulshan-i-Iqbal SHO InspectorRana Haseeb.

In the meantime, he said, a neighbour noticing suspicious movement outside the doctor’s home informed the policehelpline15 about it.

A van of the area policestation with fourpolicemen rushed to the crimescene.

Seeing the policevan arriving, the twobandits standing outside the home ran away, the officer said, adding that the officials weighed the situation and called in more force. The street was then cordoned off.

“However, the bandits in the home were unaware of our movement. Finding a heavy contingent of police as they came out, they openedindiscriminatefire and an exchange of fire ensued,” said the SHO.

He said the guns fell silent only after the four bandits fell down sustaining multiple gunshotwounds. While they were being shifted to the JinnahPostgraduateMedicalCentre, they died one after another, the police said.

“The policerecoveredthreepistols, foursets of goldjewellery, several goldnecklaces and bangles, costlywristwatches, cellularphones and cash,” the SHO said.

They were identified as Shaukat Lashari, MohammadAbbas, Dildar Hussain and FayyazZia,” said another official at the Gulshan-i-Iqbal police station.

ShaukatLashari was wanted by the police in around 60cases of armedrobberies, murder, kidnappingfor ransom, murder and policeencounters in different cities of Sindh.

The Sindhgovernment had announced a reward of Rs500,000 for his arrest, the official added.

“ShaukatLashari originally hailed from Naushahro Feroze. Initial findings suggest that he was actively involved in robberies mainly on the Superhighway these days,” said InspectorHaseeb.

“The police have registered an FIR (793/2012) under Sections353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 34 (common intention) of the PakistanPenalCode on behalf of the state against the fourmen and their two accomplices who fled.”